English Explanatory Dictionary

linking r

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An "r" that is pronounced only because it is closely followed by another morpheme beginning with a vowel sound, as in water ice, in non-rhotic varieties of English.

Word forms

linking r linking rs

Related words

intrusive r
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